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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
But the group said Sunday that a ship carrying aid for up to 1,000 people sank on the way from Yangon to the delta after apparently hitting a submerged tree trunk and taking on water, The Associated Press reported. Aung Kyaw Htut, who leads the Myanmar Red Cross distribution team, called the accident "a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently."...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," said spokesman Dr Aung Kyaw Htut. "This would have been our very first river shipment and it will delay aid for a further day."The boat was travelling from Yangon to Mawlamyinegyun, some 12 hours by boat when it sank near Myinka Gone village. It was carrying 100 bags of rice, 5,000 litres of drinking...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
But the group said Sunday that a ship carrying aid for up to 1,000 people sank on the way from Yangon to the delta after apparently hitting a submerged tree trunk and taking on water, The Associated Press reported. Aung Kyaw Htut, who leads the Myanmar Red Cross distribution team, called the accident "a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently."...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," said spokesman Dr Aung Kyaw Htut. "This would have been our very first river shipment and it will delay aid for a further day."The boat was travelling from Yangon to Mawlamyinegyun, some 12 hours by boat when it sank near Myinka Gone village. It was carrying 100 bags of rice, 5,000 litres of drinking...
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Hoffmania! (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... "This is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," said Aung Kyaw Htut, the distribution team leader of the Myanmar Red Cross. The sinking was the latest setback for distribution of aid following Cyclone Nargis. Though international aid has started to trickle in, almost all foreign relief workers have been barred entry into the isolated...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently,” said Aung Kyaw Htut, the distribution team leader of the Myanmar Red Cross.The sinking was the latest setback for distribution of aid following Cyclone Nargis. Though international aid has started to trickle in, almost all foreign relief workers have been barred entry into the isolated nation....
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," said Aung Kyaw Htut, the distribution team leader of the Myanmar Red Cross.
The sinking was the latest setback for distribution of aid following Cyclone Nargis. Though international aid has started to trickle in, almost all foreign relief workers have been barred entry into the isolated...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently", Aung Kyaw Htut, the Myanmar Red Cross aid distribution team leader, said in a statement. "This would have been our very first river shipment and it will delay aid for a further day."The double-decker river boat was travelling from Yangon to Bogalay, some 12 hours sailing time, when it sank...
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Time (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
(AP/YANGON, Burma) — A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. Just two months old, Kyaw Zin Htay was already gravely ill when Cyclone Nargis slammed into his vill... Burma’s state media quoted a government official saying the situation in the country...
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A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently," said Aung Kyaw Htut, the distribution team leader of the Myanmar Red Cross.The sinking was the latest setback for distribution of aid following Cyclone Nargis. Though international aid has started to trickle in, almost all foreign relief workers have been barred entry into the isolated nation....
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... is a great loss for the Myanmar Red Cross and for the people who need aid so urgently", said Aung Kyaw Htut, who leads the Myanmar Red Cross distribution team."This would have been our very first river shipment and it will delay aid for a further day."The crew members, including four Myanmar Red Cross aid workers, managed to get to safety, the organization said.The cargo was...
